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When I had cable internet DOCSIS only configured this cheap "modem" box that I bought. It pretty much was just an adapter that turned the cable connection into
by swiley 6y ago
When I had cable internet DOCSIS only configured this cheap "modem" box that I bought. It pretty much was just an adapter that turned the cable connection into an ethernet one. It sounds to me like people in this thread are buying routers with a built in modem and that creates a security problem because of how DOCSIS allows firmware uploads?
- IntelMiner 6y agoAll DOCSIS devices by design only accept firmware uploads from the ISP they're connected to, you can't just log into the web UI on them and upload a firmware file Regular modems are the least annoying bet however. They simply hand over an IP address and then act as a transparent coax <--> Ethernet bridge minor edit: changed "vendor" to "ISP" to avoid confusion